wind tunnel
noun
: a tunnellike passage through which air is blown at a known velocity to investigate air flow around an object (such as an airplane part or model) placed in the passage
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Not private enough to give up federal funding, whether for student tuition fees, quadrangle rhododendrons, wind tunnels, or NMR Spectrometers.
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Amity Shlaes, National Review, 28 Apr. 2025
This will include wind tunnel tests, computational fluid dynamics modeling, and structural design and analysis.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 28 Apr. 2025
According to the MoD, the new engine has gone through 233 static test runs in a hypersonic wind tunnel as part of its Team Hypersonics (UK) program.
—New Atlas, 6 Apr. 2025
The crew member recuperated and was back in the wind tunnel practicing within a month.
—Ars Technica, 23 Mar. 2025
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Amity Shlaes, National Review, 28 Apr. 2025
This will include wind tunnel tests, computational fluid dynamics modeling, and structural design and analysis.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 28 Apr. 2025
According to the MoD, the new engine has gone through 233 static test runs in a hypersonic wind tunnel as part of its Team Hypersonics (UK) program.
—New Atlas, 6 Apr. 2025
The crew member recuperated and was back in the wind tunnel practicing within a month.
—Ars Technica, 23 Mar. 2025
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“Wind tunnel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wind%20tunnel. Accessed 10 May. 2025.
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